R1 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOGNIZED AMONG 2021 pEOPLE yOU SHOULD KNOW

“ONE Magazine”, a Rockford Chamber of Commerce periodical, features Region 1 Planning Council’s executive director, Michael Dunn, Jr. Executive Vice President Caitlin Pusateri’s message reads, “…get to know our climbers…the ones who have spent time continually perfecting their craft, practicing, failing, learning, and persevering. They have reached out and p, and by doing so, have brought us all, as a community, to higher ground.”

Planning for tomorrow, funding it, and providing necessary information to meet the future needs, are all in a day’s work for Michael Dunn, Jr.

R1 Staff Recognized Among Community Leaders

“Next Up”, a special section of Rockford Register Star, published June 30, 2019, featured four of Region 1 Planning Council’s team members. The cover page read, “Who will lead the Rock River Valley in the decades ahead? It’s the people in this community who will improve the social and economic well-being of the community and its residents.”

Jon Paul Diipla, the man behind Rockford’s transportation plan

[Tretara Flowers] Serving those facing barriers she once faced

Eric Setter is ready to fight blight - land bank style

Julia Halsted recalibrates the gears of government